AAA Texas Offers Tipsy Tow for Thanksgiving Holiday: A Safe Alternative to Drinking and Driving.Lifestyle Editors/Automotive & Travel Writers HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 19, 2001 AAA AAA: see American Automobile Association. (Triple A) A common single-cell battery used in a myriad of electronic devices of all variety. Like its double A (AA) cousin, it provides 1.5 volts of DC power. When used in series, the voltage is multiplied. Texas is offering Tipsy Tow as a safe alternative to drinking and driving for the Thanksgiving Thanksgiving annual U.S. holiday celebrating harvest and yearly blessings; originated with Pilgrims (1621). [Am. Culture: EB, IX: 922] See : America Thanksgiving national holiday with luxurious dinner as chief ritual. [Am. Pop. holiday. The Tipsy Tow program is designed to provide drivers with a way to get home safely if they have been drinking. Driver themselves can call the Tipsy Tow number or holiday hosts and bartenders can call for Tipsy Tow pickups for people who cannot drive safely. By dialing AAA's toll free number, 800-AAA-HELP or 800-222-4357, holiday revelers can have a tow truck dispatched Dispatched was a Swedish melodic death metal band formed in 1992 by Daniel Lundberg. Their sound is very similar to the older Gothenburg style of early In Flames. Biography Dispatched was formed just before New Year's Eve of 1991 by Daniel Lundberg and Krister Andersson. to take them and their vehicle home for a free tow of up to 10 miles. "If you are hosting a holiday event, take note of who drinks and who drives -- and have the Tipsy Tow number available as a responsible option," says Rose Rougeau, spokesperson for AAA Texas. Tipsy Tow, now in its 15th year in Texas, gets underway at 6 p.m., Wednesday, November 21st , and lasts until midnight, Sunday, November 25th. The first 10 miles are free to members and the general public, and up to two people can ride with the towed vehicle. To arrange a ride, call AAA Texas at 800-AAA-HELP or 800-222-4357. The service is available in Austin, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. . AAA Texas, an affiliate of the American Automobile Association American Automobile Association (AAA), federation of American automobile clubs, est. 1902. AAA provides a number of benefits to its members, including emergency road service; national and international travel assistance, e.g. , has been serving Texans since 1902. AAA Texas offers its more than 850,000 members emergency road service, a full-service travel agency, financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , and public safety programs. |
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